Friday, April 18, 2008

The Divine Spiration of Scripture

the Principal of the Highland Theological College, Adjunct Professor of Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and a Visiting Professor of Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the USA. He also serves as Vice President of the World Reformed Fellowship. (his appointments at all these hyper-Reformed institutions means that he is outrightly Reformed top-down, left-right, in-out!!!)

The book is his evaluation of the doctrine of Scripture among Evangelical circles. Although McGowan being from the tradition of the Reformed, his book is being nonsensically and negatively criticized by other Reformed people like John R. de Witt. Just a note, de Witt's review was published by Banner of Truth press, the publisher that specializes in publishing century(ies) old books.

Anyway, in the book, McGowan thinks the term 'inerrancy' is not a biblical term and not required in confessional document (p.105-106). That alone would have set the inerrantists on wild fire. When I got to know that McGowan, the Vice President of the World Reformed Fellowship, thinks that inerrancy is irrelevant to Christian faith, I naturally feel 'justified' and at the same time anticipate to see the red faces of Reformed people like de Witt and those from Reformation21. It's amusing to see them being irritated...hahaha..